The Gathering Storm: Tunisia an Exception or a Trend?
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Political oppression, lack of support for minority religions, and widespread corruption have produced a cocktail of instability throughout the Arab world.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: A Crack Down on Venezuela?
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Despite the recent refusal of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to receive President Obama's chosen ambassador to Venezuela, Larry Palmer, the Obama Administration continues to refuse to stand up to Chavez.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: Islamist Radicals Attacking Christians in Key Countries
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Monday, January 10, 2011
Our government refuses to use the leverage that America has in places like Iraq and Egypt to pressure these governments to protect religious minorities in meaningful, measurable ways.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: The Mexican Drug War and American Security Interests
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Obama administration must place the Mexican drug-war at the forefront of its national security agenda, but a secure border is critical to any success.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: Winds of Change in Turkey
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Friday, December 10, 2010
No one can be certain of what will happen in the future, but at the moment Turkey is heading in a direction away from U.S. long term interests and riding the winds of growing Islamist influence.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: North Korea and China
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Friday, November 19, 2010
A recent United Nations Security Councilreport confirms several instances of North Korean attempts to export nuclear technology and military arms illegally through multiple intermediaries, shell companies, financial institutions, and overseas criminal networks, all in order to evade U.N. sanctions. It remains unclear whether China will choose to continue to enable this hostile behavior, or whether it will meet its international obligations by pressuring North Korea to cooperate.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: U.S. Policy Toward Iran: What Has Engagement Brought?
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Hopefully next week's election will begin to focus U.S. policy toward Iran in a way that better promotes our national security interests and strengthens our resolve to face this growing threat. We can't afford to stay on the same course for another two years.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: Pakistan: A Schizophrenic Ally in the Fight Against Radical Islam?
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Friday, October 8, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that members of Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI, are pressing Taliban field commanders to fight the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan, according to some U.S. officials and Afghanis.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: Venezuela: A Strengthening Opposition to Chavez?
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Friday, October 1, 2010
What is the U.S. policy toward Hugo Chavez? Assuming the current constitutional framework is followed Mr. Chavez will be on the ballot in 2012 like President Obama. Maybe U.S. policy toward Venezuela will be cleared up by then.  [Read More]

The Gathering Storm: The United Kingdom and Islamic Radicalism
By Rick Santorum
Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010
The British Government has struggled with how to deal with the challenge of radical Islam and has been overly concerned with political correctness at times, embracing hate speech laws rather than addressing underlying issues.  [Read More]